This is an analysis of the poem From Atop High Fences I Distanced that begins with:
I had been cautioned not to take steps,
Beyond set boundaries I kept no regrets to dismiss....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXccXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011 01110011101001 1111011011 100011010111 001110110 0111101 111111101 1010100010 00111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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